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Poor Things
2023 141 min Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America R 18+
★8.5
Science Fiction, Romance, Comedy
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
🎭 Based on
«Poor Things»
byAlasdair Gray
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Description
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
Budget:
$35M
US Gross:
$34.55M
Worldwide:
$117.61M
Starring
Emma Stone
Actor
Mark Ruffalo
Actor
Willem Dafoe
Actor
Awards
BAFTA 2024
— Best Actress
BAFTA 2024
— Best Costume Design
Academy Awards 2024
— Best Actress
Academy Awards 2024
— Best Picture
Academy Awards 2024
— Best Director
Academy Awards 2024
— Best Production Design
BAFTA 2024
— Best Production Design
BAFTA 2024
— Best Cinematography
BAFTA 2024
— Best Film Editing
BAFTA 2024
— Best British Film
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2024
— Best Actress
Academy Awards 2024
— Best Costume Design
Academy Awards 2024
— Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Awards 2024
— Best Cinematography
Academy Awards 2024
— Best Original Score
Golden Globe 2024
— Best Director
Golden Globe 2024
— Best Screenplay
BAFTA 2024
— Best Visual Effects
Venice Film Festival 2023
— Golden Lion
BAFTA 2024
— Best Picture
BAFTA 2024
— Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Awards 2024
— Best Film Editing
Golden Globe 2024
— Best Supporting Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2024
— Best Supporting Actor
Saturn Awards 2025
— Best Fantasy Film
Academy Awards 2024
— Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Academy Awards 2024
— Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe 2024
— Best Picture (Comedy or Musical)
Golden Globe 2024
— Best Actress (Comedy or Musical)
Golden Globe 2024
— Best Original Score
BAFTA 2024
— Best Makeup and Hairstyling
BAFTA 2024
— Best Original Score
Key opinion
Poor Things is widely celebrated as a visually inventive and intellectually bold feminist bildungsroman that showcases career-best performances. While the film's eccentric, adult-oriented humor and distinctive aesthetic earn high praise from most, a segment of the audience finds the provocative themes and surreal tone to be polarizing or inaccessible.
| Acting | Emma Stone’s revelatory performance serves as the film’s anchor, masterfully tracking the character’s evolution from infantile curiosity to shrewd autonomy. | |
| Production | The production design and cinematography create a visually stunning, dreamlike steampunk world that effectively mirrors the protagonist’s internal growth. | |
| Theme | The film functions as a cohesive and thought-provoking feminist exploration of identity, agency, and the dismantling of patriarchal ownership. | |
| Score | The score is widely lauded for its commanding, unconventional presence that perfectly complements the film's bizarre tone. | |
| Pacing | Opinions on pacing are divided: some find the two-and-a-half-hour runtime to be an absorbing journey of discovery, while others feel the momentum flags during the middle act. | |
| Originality | The explicit and absurdist nature of the plot is highly polarizing, with some viewers praising its provocative boldness while others find the premise and execution off-putting. |